Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 12 Deployment of the city defense, black clouds overwhelm the city and want to destroy it
The preparations for the war were intense and busy, and Li Cunming was as busy as a spinning top, spinning non-stop, without a moment's rest.

He still feels that time is tight and energy is limited, and he really wants the father of the system to install a clockwork on himself to become a machine that never gets tired.

On the seventh day in a blink of an eye, a routine meeting was being held in the lobby of the county government.Most of the preparation time has passed, and it is time to sort out and summarize. Li Cunming attached great importance to this meeting and summoned all officials in charge of various tasks.

"Report to me your work in turn, the more detailed the better." Li Cunming said.

Jiang Dejing stood up first, and said: "Your Majesty, the food in the city has been counted and gathered. There are a total of 32 shi, which is enough for the people in the city to wait for three months. I will make a register and distribute it according to the quota every day. Grain rations, try not to waste a grain of food."

"Very good. If we want to fight a protracted war, we must put the supply of food first. Experts who know how to fight first talk about logistics, and laymen who don't know how to fight talk about the number of people and the quality of weapons." Li Cunming nodded in praise .

He added: "I am not short of money now, but all the generals and soldiers participating in the defense of the city will be paid five taels of money first."

Li Banghuahui reported: "Counting the 650 soldiers in the hands of General Zhou Yuji, there are a total of [-] soldiers in Ningling County. All kinds of weapons have been distributed, and they are stepping up their drills these days. Repairs were done."

Li Cunming nodded and looked at Liu Wenbing.

Liu Wenbing said: "According to His Majesty's instructions, pits were dug and traps were set up for a mile outside the four city gates. The east, west, and south gates have been sealed off, and only a pit has been dug in front of the north gate. There is a sign, just wait for General Zhou to return to the city and start doing it immediately."

"As for the mines, they can't be buried until General Zhou's troops enter the city."

Li Cunming stroked the beard on his chin. After traveling through such a period of time, he also had the habit of stroking his beard and thinking about problems.

"I called you all together today to discuss the matter of mine burying. We only have [-] steel wheel fire mines, and they are scattered and buried outside every city gate on average, so they cannot exert their maximum power."

"The enemy is besieging the city, and there must be a main direction of attack. What I mean is to plant three thousand mines in front of the main gate of the enemy's main attack, and one thousand for each of the other gates. What do you think?"

Li Banghua said: "This plan is very clever. Where the enemy is attacking strongly, we should indeed give them the greatest fire support!"

Li Cunming asked: "Which city gate do you think the enemy will concentrate their efforts on storming?"

The ministers pondered, and the county magistrate Liu Dacai got up and said, "I'm a lowly minister, and I don't have the time to discuss big plans before the royal driver. It is reasonable to say that it is not my turn to speak. But the minister is most familiar with the situation of Ningling County and the surrounding geographical environment. In my opinion, The enemy is most likely to attack the east gate."

"Ningling County has a lake in the north and a river in the west. The terrain in the south is uneven and there are large dense forests, which are not conducive to the formation of troops. Only the east gate is open and flat, which is conducive to setting up camp and charging. Xu Dingguo attacked Ningling many times. The door attacked."

Liu Dacai's words were well-founded, and Li Banghua and Liu Wenbing, two well-informed soldiers, also agreed.

"That's good, let's book the East Gate area as the main battlefield." Li Cunming decided.

Liu Dacai panicked instead: "Your Majesty, traitors are different from Xu Dingguo, in case I guess wrong..."

"It's okay to guess wrong, I will take responsibility!" Li Cunming said.

A light flashed in Liu Dacai's eyes, and he felt sincerely convinced by the emperor.

"Ding, get Liu Dacai's positive emotion value of 800"

After finalizing the last key question, Li Cunming looked at Gong Yonggu: "Gong Aiqing, do you have any news about Liu Zeqing?"

Gong Yong stood up abruptly, with an angry look on his face, and said angrily: "Liu Zeqing lied that he fell off a horse and broke his leg, so he couldn't come; There are disagreements over the area of ​​jurisdiction, and the two are fighting for the territory."

Li Cunming turned cold, and the ministers present were also filled with righteous indignation, cursing Liu Zeqing and others for having no king or father.

"Your Majesty, I request that Jin Yiwei lead the Jin Yiwei to capture these four ungovernable pigs, dogs, and insects, and take them to Beizhen Fusi for skin cramps!" Gong Yonggu seemed to be full of anger.

Li Cunming laughed instead: "The four of them have elite soldiers and strong generals, can you catch them? The treacherous officials in the capital are about to sell me, and the generals in the south don't care about me. Do you think I am a lonely family?"

What he said made all the ministers feel guilty, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The ministers are in panic!"

"The common people have a saying that there are no filial sons before a long-term sick bed. Our Ming Dynasty is like a person who has been ill for a long time. It is reasonable for the subjects to have different opinions. But I understand that you are all loyal ministers and filial sons. With you I'm defending the city against the enemy by my side, and I'm going to regroup and recover the rivers and mountains in the future, I'm extremely happy!"

"I will always be Your Majesty's loyal ministers and filial sons!"

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In the early morning of the ninth day, Zhou Yuji finally led his troops to Ningling and entered the city from the north gate.

After Li Cunming was woken up, he personally rushed to the gate of the city to meet Zhou Yuji, and said loudly: "General Zhou, you have worked hard. Seeing that Optimus Prime of our Ming Dynasty returned to my side safe and sound, a stone has finally fallen from my heart."

Zhou Yuji hurriedly got off his horse, knelt down on one knee and said, "I am incompetent. I couldn't repel the enemy completely, and I also lost more than 800 soldiers. Please punish the emperor."

"General Zhou has done a good job. You have won precious time for me. Come, follow me into the city, and I will tell you about the preparations for the war. See if there is any room for improvement."

He took Zhou Yuji's hand affectionately and entered the city side by side with him.

Liu Wenbing acted immediately, arranging manpower to arrange perfect traps and bury landmines, which must be completed within one day.

After listening to Li Cunming's introduction, Zhou Yuji admired him very much: "Your Majesty, it's not that I flatter you against your will. Even Sun Wu and Han Xin can only do this kind of preparation work."

"General Zhou, your words are very helpful to me. I feel confident!" Li Cunming laughed.

At noon the next day, while still having lunch, someone came to report that the enemy army was approaching the city.

Li Cunming threw down the bowl and chopsticks, and immediately ran to the north gate and went up the tower.

Before the enemy army came to the city, only the sound of rumbling was heard coming from a distance, and the soldiers guarding the city stretched their necks to watch.

Standing by the city wall, Li Cunming looked far into the distance, and first saw a black line, like a slender wave moving forward.

Then the wave got bigger and bigger, and the black line stretched out, turning into a surging tide.

Smoke and dust billowed, and people screamed.The sun disappeared into the clouds, and the sky and earth suddenly became dark.

Li Cunming put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and thought of a line of poetry, black clouds overwhelm the city to destroy it!

Facing the overwhelming wave of enemy troops, the small Ningling County is like a flat boat on the cusp of the storm, whether it is sinking or floating.

(End of this chapter)